the lighting of the candles
for trumpet and chamber organ (2023)
duration: 6’
GRT • 235
score available from
Wise Music
program note
This duo for trumpet and chamber organ was written in memory of my father in law, John Rothschild, who I knew for 28 years. It was written for his memorial service at the Swedish Church in Melbourne. John grew up in Denmark and emigrated with his family to Australia in 1980. I met his daughter Marianne in 1995 and spent many happy family occasions with John, who worked as a dentist until his retirement. The work is intended to be calm and peaceful, yet also has free-spirited jazz tones in deference to John’s love of the swing era and scat singing.